Brief Life History of Elnora "Nora" Evelyn
When Elnora "Nora" Evelyn Popejoy was born on 8 September 1870, in Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States, her father, Washington Lafayette Popejoy, was 21 and her mother, Pernitia Permillia Gower, was 19. She married William Cross Payne on 24 November 1887, in Sunset, Montague, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, United States in 1920 and Fullerton, Orange, California, United States in 1930. She died on 3 March 1954, in Oro Grande, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Victorville, San Bernardino, California, United States.
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- Elmore Popejoy, "Kansas State Census, 1875"
- Nora Popejoy, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Elnora Payne Cariker, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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Name Meaning
English (Somerset and Gloucestershire): nickname from Middle English papejai(e), papagei, pope(n)jai ‘parrot’ (via Old French papageai from Arabic bab(b)aghā). The ending of the English word was altered by folk etymological association with the bird name jay. The nickname was probably acquired by a talkative person or by someone who habitually dressed in bright colors, but occasionally it may have denoted someone who was connected with or who excelled at the medieval sport of tilting or shooting at a wooden parrot (popinjay) on a pole.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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